If you’re a regular visitor to Gizmos for Geeks, then you know that we love our alarm clocks. And of course, we had to feature a voice-controlled alarm clock, namely the Moshi.
Well Moshi has a new model out, the Moshi Voice Control Digital Clock Radio, that includes an AM/FM radio, and we had a chance to test it out.
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After pranking you with the iCade for iPad, we figure we may as well lay some real gadgets from ThinkGeek on you.
Here is a super-geeky Epoch Alarm Clock, which can display the time in multiple different formats, including binary and hexadecimal. My favorite? Of course, it has to be why the clock was named: the time since the Unix epoch (Jan 1, 1970).
Yes, this also functions as a working alarm clock, with snooze, and has USB ports so you can charge up those gazillion USB gadgets you have. Now, if it only ran about the room like Clocky…
Buy now!
Price: $39.99
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)
Woot! Another crazy alarm clock – this one makes you shoot hoops to disable snooze the alarm clock. By the time you make a basket, you’re probably going to be pretty worked up and awake.
I think after day one, I’d probably give up and just let the alarm continue!
Price: $16.99
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Home security comes to the iPhone from security company, Protection One. eSecure is a Web-based home security system that also features an iPhone app.
The Web app lets you monitor in real-time your cameras at home as well as adjust your home alarm system. There is also an SMS text message-based system for controlling your Protection One alarm system.
The iPhone lets you turn your alarm system on and off and receive alerts. Reminds us a lot of what the remote home automation apps like iLinc can do.
Price: free with Protection One’s eSecure alarm system
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)
Scientific research has demonstrated how waking naturally to dawning sunlight has many benefits included feeling more rested, waking at an optimal point in your sleep cycles, and the follow-on benefits that flow from these.
Philips has a couple of consumer gadgets that meld sunrise simulation with an FM radio and/or natural sounds – the Wake-up Light. It works by gradually increasing the light starting 30 minutes before your pre-set alarm time.
There are 2 models of the Wake-up Light – one with and without an iPod dock, apart from which they are basically identical.
Buy now!
More info from the manufacturer
Price: $179.99, $114 without iPod dock
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)
This is just a design right now, but it’s cool-looking for sure. Called the Switchital Clock, the numbers break apart and morph to the next set of numbers each minute. Designer Matthias Pugin has a number of other cool designs on his website.
Looking for a real alarm clock? We got lots of those!
How many different things can you combine into 1 device and then of course make it USB-connected and -powered? Obviously the answer is infinite! Here’s another – an alarm clock, with a speaker and a calendar all modeled to look an old-fashioned radio announcer’s microphone (like the one Larry King has as a prop).
The speaker plugs into any 3.5mm audio device (like an iPod or other MP3 player). The clock itself is powered by batteries – another retro ‘feature’. I suppose for the low price, you can’t expect too much. Unfortunately, it’s missing the obvious feature – a microphone!
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Price: $12.69
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)
Worried about your laptop getting stolen when nature calls and you’re at a Starbucks chugging coffee and working? LAlarm (laptop alarm) semi-solves that problem by equipping your laptop with a auto-style alarm – loud and annoying!
If you have the LAlarm software installed, you simply plug your computer into a power outlet or plug in a flash drive and lock the computer. If the flash drive is disconnected, or the laptop is unplugged from the power, then the theft alarm goes off. A nice feature is that the theft alarm is audible and loud regardless of the mute status or volume level in Windows.
LAlarm has 2 other useful features – an auto-destroy folder and an e-mail-on-theft function. LAlarm will delete any data in the auto-destroy folder upon theft detection. The e-mail on theft function will send you sensitive files before wiping them.
LAlarm also has a number of additional alarms to help you be more productive: battery life, disk health, your health (time of use), mobile phone alerts and more.
Buy now!
More info from the manufacturer
Price: Free for personal use; $50 for a business license
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)
Retro is in – it’s time to dig out all those Etch-a-Sketchs and Diablos and get playing! More alarm clock gadgets. This one looks like a Rubik’s cube, and includes time, date, alarm and temperature. To keep the cube theme going, you rotate the top row to switch between the different functions. Not as easy as pushing a button, but hey, you wanted a Rubik’s cube alarm clock, right?
Price: $24.00
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)
via FreshTrend.com
Sometimes we do have to get up for work, and this can be a real problem. The iMM153 responds to this by providing an iPod powered ‘bed shaker’ alarm clock. Plug in your iPod before going to bed, set the alarm and you will be pleasantly awakened in the morning by your favorite music… and your pillows vibrating.
This latest product by iLuv (a large producer of iPod supplies) comes in at $60 and has a lot of features for the money. Obviously you get a set of speakers to play and charge your iPod in, but you also get a lovely FM radio built in with 10 presets for your favorite radio stations. Hit the buy link for a full spec list!
Price: $59.99
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)
